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Daft Punk call it quits, the legendary dance duo have split twenty-eight years after forming in Paris

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  1. Akir
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    Well, there goes the last mainstream musicians I gave a damn about. The thing that I liked so much about Daft Punk was that they were the rare “full package”. They weren’t just a random performer...

    Well, there goes the last mainstream musicians I gave a damn about.

    The thing that I liked so much about Daft Punk was that they were the rare “full package”. They weren’t just a random performer that a record company decided to spend millions on promotion. They were the songwriters, performers, and producers. There was a painstaking amount of detail but in every single decision they put into a single song.

    But still, this is a decision that seemed to be a long time coming. The music industry always rewards the best musicians by taking them out of the spotlight and into the producer’s chair. With all of the guest performers on Random Access Memories, it seemed that the writing was already on the wall. I was just hoping that we would get one more full album before it happened.

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  2. kfwyre
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    Homework was one of the first CDs I ever bought. I don’t remember how I picked it out or why, but I think it was probably one of those “browsing buys” I used to do back when record stores were a...

    Homework was one of the first CDs I ever bought. I don’t remember how I picked it out or why, but I think it was probably one of those “browsing buys” I used to do back when record stores were a thing and department stores had a music section.

    I took it home and played it endlessly until my whole family was sick of hearing “Around the World”. They all hated its repetitiveness, but I was mesmerized.

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  3. ChuckS
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    I was crushed to hear the news. I thought for sure that the right amount of time had passed that we'd get a new Daft Punk album (8 years) and a new Red Hot Chili Peppers album (5 years) this year....

    I was crushed to hear the news. I thought for sure that the right amount of time had passed that we'd get a new Daft Punk album (8 years) and a new Red Hot Chili Peppers album (5 years) this year.

    Maybe the RHCP album will still happen this year, especially with Frusciante rejoining. I really missed his voice on The Getaway. Sucks about Daft Punk, though.

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  4. drannex
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    Yeah after watching that, I don't think they are.

    Yeah after watching that, I don't think they are.